Abstract: An apparatus (12) for retaining a shoe (18) within a clothes dryer (10) having a rotatable chamber (16), the apparatus (12) having a shoe tree (28) with a toe support member (38) and a heel support member (36) for maintaining the inner shape of the shoe (18), a bracket (26) interconnecting the shoe tree (28) and a clamp (20) which is releasably secured to the rotatable chamber (16) of the dryer (10).

Abstract: A controlled atmosphere container system for shipping and storing perishable products, wherein the container system includes a plurality of individual, transportable containers to be connected from time to time with a central source for providing a controlled atmosphere to those containers. A controller preferably enables the container system to optimally allocate the capacity of the central source of the controlled atmosphere based upon the relative atmospheric conditions of the containers attached thereto and the capacity of the source. Such control is provided in the form of a predetermined hierarchy of priorities for allocating the controlled atmosphere gas to the individual containers.

Abstract: A drying apparatus for continuous product webs which contain solvents becoming volatile during drying, the drying apparatus has a dryer having means for transporting a treatment medium, an inlet slot and an outlet slot, and nozzle boxes provided at both sides of the inlet slot and the outlet slot, a cooling tunnel directly connected with the dryer, a combustion chamber for thermal combustion of a solvent which becomes volatile during drying, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, each having a primary side and a secondary side, a fireplace, a waste gas channel extending from the dryer through the secondary side of the first heat exchanger to an inlet of the combustion chamber and then from an outlet of the combustion chamber through the primary side of the first heat exchanger and the primary side of the second heat exchanger to the fireplace, a suction tube extending from the cooling tunnel, a conduit connected with the nozzle boxes through the secondary side of the second heat exchanger provide

Abstract: A drying apparatus for removing moisture content from a substance to be dried, comprises a peripheral wall defining a working space for drying the substance, the peripheral wall defines at least an inlet for charging the substance to be dried, an outlet for taking the dried substance therefrom and a drain. A rotary spiral blade assembly is disposed within the working space and has a lower end, at which the substance accumulated on the bottom of the working space rides on a transporting surface of the rotary spiral blade assembly. The rotary spiral blade assembly is rotatable at a predetermined rotation speed sufficient for forcing the substance on the transporting surface to climb up toward the upper end of the rotary spiral blade assembly. The rotary spiral blade assembly defines a path for the substance reaching at upper end thereof to fall down to the bottom.

Abstract: An insole for ventilating shoes or boots comprising an air intake passage, an inflatable elastic bladder, an air exhaust passage, a ventilating capillary, and valve means. The bladder is formed along the peripheral area of the heel portion of the insole. Periodic application and release of pressure to the bladder causes air to flow out of the ventilating capillaries, thus cooling and drying the foot.

Abstract: A shoe with a lace fastening cleat which enables the shoe to be secured without tying a knot and with the use of only one hand or one finger, the shoe comprising a tongue, a lace, and two vamps having lace eyelets for receiving the lace and straddling and partially overlying the tongue. The lace fastening cleat is positioned over the tongue generally between the vamps and includes a lower flange, a shank portion extending from the lower flange, and an upper flange mounted to the shank portion and positioned over the lower flange to define a lace receiving opening between the lower and upper flanges. A lace retaining member is positioned on the lower flange and extends toward the upper flange, and the flanges are flexible relative to each other to allow the flanges to move apart from one another in response to the lace being pulled for winding and unwinding the lace about the shank portion.

Abstract: A digging wheel assembly includes a supporting wheel having a peripheral zone and a plurality of receiving elements affixed to the supporting wheel in the peripheral zone in a spaced, circumferential distribution. Each receiving element has a receiving pocket and a receiving slot. Digging tool components are disposed along the peripheral zone of the supporting wheel in a circumferential distribution. Each digging tool component is disposed between two circumferentially adjoining receiving elements; one being a leading receiving element and one being a trailing receiving element as viewed in the rotary working direction of the assembly. Each digging tool component has a leading part extending from a front end of the digging tool component in the rotary working direction and being accommodated in the receiving pocket of the leading receiving element.

Abstract: In order to quickly and easily provide a coupling of a drive fluid to a hydraulic cylinder of an accessory of an excavator, a part articulately connected with a dipper arm and a dipper ladle link of the excavator is also provided with one or more hydraulic couplings of a female type. The accessory to be coupled to the part is provided with the corresponding hydraulic couplings of a male type, so that on connection to the part the accessory after fixing, rotating and locking is also connected to a drive fluid. The hydraulic couplings are kept together by the accessory having been connected to the Joint means of the excavator. When the accessory is disconnected and removed, the hydraulic connections will also be interrupted.

Abstract: A cooling structure for an electric iron having a sole plate, a heater carried at the sole plate, an electric circuit for the heater, and a housing mounted on the sole plate, and further including a lower flow path defining sheet and an upper flow path defining sheet, with the lower and upper sheets mounted on the sole plate with a substantially uniform spacing between the lower and upper sheets, with the lower sheet engaging the sole plate around the periphery of the lower sheet, and with the sheets being generally flat with downwardly sloping leading, side and trailing edges.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sheet spreader for a sheet feeder apparatus comprising at least one pair of sheet clamps, a guideway extending along an entry to a sheet feeder, clamps mounted on the guideway for movement along the entry to the sheet feeder and a plurality of sheet loading stations located at fixed positions opposite the guideway. Each loading station has a sheet clipping system to receive and support a pair of corners of a sheet and for effecting transfer of the sheet corners from the clipping system to the pair of sheet clamps on the guideway when the clamps are located in a transfer position adjacent the loading station. The sheet clamps of each pair move independently of one other, first together in a transfer position at a respective loading station and then apart to spread the sheet received at a loading station for entry to the sheet feeder.

Abstract: A muzzle loading rifle has a cylindrical primer holder having a transverse hole therethrough which is provided to retain a primer charge. The primer holder may be rotated from a firing position to a safety position while retaining the charge enclosed within the receiver of the rifle. The back end of a breach plug engages the primer holder and an annular ring at the back of the breach plug is sized to be shearable by the breach plug at a predetermined pressure for providing an additional safety feature for the rifle. Shearing the breach plug annular ring is engineered to absorb substantial excess pressure if present.

Abstract: A new and improved long gun stabilizer includes a rigid panel element which is connected to a side of the stock of the gun. The rigid panel element projects outward from the side of the stock and is positioned on the side of the stock such that a hand of a user can be placed under the rigid panel element. The rigid panel element rests on the hand of the user, whereby the gun is stabilized on the hand of the user. The rigid panel element includes a contour that is complementary to a contour of a portion of the hand of the user, such as the top portion of the hand. The respective complementary contours provide a snug fit between the top of the hand and the rigid panel element. A channel in the stock receives an edge portion of the rigid panel element. The gun includes a first sight assembly, and the rigid panel element is placed beneath the first sight assembly on the stock.

Abstract: A soft plastic fishing lure containing particulate microencapsulated liquid fish attractant. Characteristically the soft plastic component of the fishing lure is the major component and is a heavily plasticized vinyl plastisol. Incorporated (blended) with this vinyl plastisol is a minor component containing particulate discrete microencapsulated particles (individual microcapsules), each having a spherical cell wall of a water-soluble gradually dissolving natural or synthetic coacervated polymer and an internal phase of liquid fish attractant, and agglomerates of such individual microcapsules associated in a tacky, viscous, continuous, substantially water-soluble polymeric binder. The predominant portion of individual microcapsules range in particle size from about five microns to about 100 microns, and whose mean individual particle size ranges from about thirty to about seventy microns.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a lure blank enclosed in a cover of resilient cloth with the outer surface of said cover decorated to provide a desired color and appearance for the lure.

Abstract: A fish hook for live bait includes a coil spring axially positioned on the fish hook shank. One end of the spring is fixedly attached to the shank adjacent to a barbed end of the hook, and the other end of the spring can be slideably moved along the shank as the spring is compressed and released. A flexible line is positioned axially within the spring and defines a looped end which is positioned adjacent to the barbed end of the hook. The looped end grasps and holds the bait adjacent to the barbed end and in an orientation which enables the bait to be in alignment with the shank. The positioning and orientation of the live bait with respect to the barbed end of the hook enables the bait to move in a natural manner during trolling and provides the hook with the characteristic of being weedless.

Abstract: A portable container having a hinged lid and an electric lighting assembly mounted to the body of the container. The lighting assembly is located external to the interior storage compartment of the container when the lid is in the closed position. The lighting assembly includes an electric lamp for illuminating the interior of the container when the lid is in the open position and an electric lamp for illuminating the path of the person carrying the container when the lid is in the closed position.

Abstract: A hanging pot is provided with a plurality of tubular inserts which extend through the outer wall of the pot. The root portion of the growing plants are planted within the pot and the stalks of growing plants are extended through the tubular inserts so that they hang downwardly from the pot. The tubular inserts surround the stalks or stems of the plants and protect them from breaking under their own weight as they hang downwardly.

Abstract: A barrier system works in conjunction with an automatic fee collection system to prevent persons from gaining entry to a fee-paid area without payment of the required fee. The barrier system includes a physical barrier that controllably blocks a passageway through which the person who attempts to gain access without payment must move. A barrier actuator controllably drives the physical barrier from the open to the closed position under the direction of a controller. The controller receives sensor signals that warn of an attempt to gain admission without payment, processes those signals through a logic that prevents unauthorized admission, guards against injury to persons by operation of the physical barrier, and permits exit through the barrier system.

Abstract: A cable window winder, particularly for installation in motor vehicles, which has at least one guide rail with a slide element guided therein and connectable with the window pane, at least one holding angle (3) connected to the guide rail and supporting at least one guide pulley (31), as well as fastening means (32) for fitting the cable window winder. According to the invention one of the fastening means (32) is mounted in the rotary axis of the guide pulley (31) and is connected directly to the metal vehicle plate.

Abstract: An eyeglass grinding machine of the present invention measures three-dimensional information on the configuration of an eyeglass frame so as to process lenses on the basis of the information thus measured.

Abstract: An automatic wafer lapping apparatus including: a lapping assembly consisting of an upper lapping plate, a lower lapping plate and wafer carriers; a loader assembly installed in the vicinity of the lapping assembly; an unloader assembly installed in the vicinity of the lapping assembly; and a robot having wafer holder member for holding a plurality of wafers and for transferring the wafers between the loader assembly and the unloader assembly and the lapping assembly, WHEREIN the wafer lapping assembly further includes a position sensor for detecting the position of the carriers and a device for cleaning the wafer holder, and the robot consists of a single-handed arm and the wafer holder supported at the fore end of the arm of the robot which can hold wafers one by one.

Abstract: A sand belt device can be mounted detachably on a body portion of a portable grinding machine so as to replace a grinding wheel of the portable grinding machine. The sand belt device includes a positioning member which has a front part and a rear part that is fitted tightly and detachably around an annular flange of the body portion. The rear part has a hole through which a rotatable shaft of the body portion passes. A roller unit includes a driven roller and a driving roller which is mounted detachably on the rotatable shaft of the body portion and which is rotatable with the rotatable shaft. An elongated belt frame has a front end and a rear end that is attached stationarily and detachably to the front part of the positioning member. A supporting unit, which is mounted movably to the elongated belt frame, is used to support the driven roller so as to position the driven roller in front of the elongated belt frame. An endless sand belt passes over the roller unit and the elongated belt frame.

Abstract: A process for the mechanical treatment of porous sheet materials entails introducing a particulate material into the pores of the sheet material to block the pores, carrying out the mechanical treatment, and then removing the particles from the pores. The process enables porous sheet materials to be subjected to mechanical operations, for example shaping under gaseous pressure or surface polishing, which could otherwise only be applied to non-porous materials.

Abstract: A wall-forming panel (10) for insertion into the interior of an aircraft, the panel having a frame (12) with an outer surface (14) defining a cavity. A shroud (42) is dimensioned to fit within the cavity (44) and movable on an axle (84) between an opened position and a closed position, the closed position substantially enclosing the shroud (42) within the walls of the frame (12). A latch means (86) positively but releasably retains the shroud (42) in a closed or an opened position. The latch means (86) is comprised of a cam (144) and a cam release mechanism (172). The shroud (42) is dimensioned to receive a monitor (82) such as a small television screen, therein, and is powered by an electric motor drive (122).

Abstract: This invention comprises laminar flow generation devices that are adapted to be affixed to the upper, substantially flat surfaces of a rain gutter deflector system. They have at least one water diverting surface which rises abruptly from such upper surface and provides for the smooth redirection of water from the region of its top end through an angular displacement preferably not in excess of 90 degrees to the other of its ends from which the water is discharged. Embodiments may have two such water diverting surfaces with a common leading edge to divide the water and redirect the resulting flows away from each other. They may be further adapted for affixation to gutter deflector surfaces which intersect each other at an angle, as at the site of a roof valley. The diverting surfaces may include apertures to provide flow paths for water to further reduce the volume of the water discharged at the egress end of the diverting surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing a recessed smoke detector within a surface so that when installed, the smoke detector is substantially completely hidden from view and flush with said surface. Two mounting plates are attached to opposite sides of a housing. A pair of mounting clips attached to a cover are insertable, respectively, into slots in each of the mounting plates. The smoke detector is attached to the cover. The cover has the appearance of a loudspeaker-like grille or other similar device so that smoke can enter through apertures to reach the smoke detector. The cover after mounting is substantially flush with a surface, such as a ceiling. With the smoke detector substantially completely recessed within a surface and the cover connected to the housing, the smoke detector is substantially completely concealed, and protected from vandals and tamperers. The apparatus is easily installed, which is an important advantage with the increased need for smoke detector installation.

Abstract: An improved roof flashing is disclosed for covering the abutment of a vertical wall and a sloped roof. The flashing comprises a vertical wall flange which lies in a plane which is essentially normal to the plane of the sloped roof flange. There is provided at the lower portion of the flashing, as an integral part thereof, a diverter part which spans the part of the flashing which lies along the vertical wall above the abutment and the part which lies along the sloped roof and lies at an obtuse angle to each of the said flanges. The upper surface of the diverter is an essentially triangular part with its uppermost corner integral with the flashing at the juncture of the wall part and the roof part, with the two lowermost corners joined at or near the lower edges of the wall part and the roof part in a manner which directs water falling from the flashing away from the wall.

Abstract: A modular room extender for recreational vehicles, modular homes and the like utilizing a pair of axially displaceable slide rods having outer ends attached to the extendible room. The slide rods are mounted within a bracket which includes spaced parallel guides wherein the bracket slide rods and guides define a modular unit which may be installed as a complete assembly. The slide rod's inner ends are free and not connected to other structure, and a reversible electric motor operates a gear and rack system for extending and retracting the slide rods. A stamped metal rack of economical construction is attached to each slide rod.

Abstract: A quonset type hut house unit includes a skeletal structure of a pair of "L" frame lengthwise base members with a multiplicity of vertical tubular members with an open top and bottom with a multiplicity of preformed steel arch shaped rib members with ends engaged in the vertical tubular members, end walls of reinforced plastic sections coupled together and to the skeletal structure through inwardly extending flanges and a cover sheet formed of a plurality of structured integral panels that include two face sheets spaced apart by a multiplicity of webs bent over the rib members and attached to the skeletal frame.

Abstract: A lightweight extendable and retractable telescopic pole is disclosed comprising a plurality of non-metallic telescoping cylinders with sliding and sealing surfaces between the cylinders, a first plug member on the upper end of the smallest cylinder, and a second plug member on the lower end of the largest cylinder, whereby fluid pressure admitted to the largest cylinder will cause the telescoping cylinders to slide relative to one another causing the pole to extend. An elastomeric member connects the first plug member with one of the intermediate cylinders to urge the cylinders back into a collapsed position when the fluid pressure in the cylinders is vented. Annular elastomer members are provided which seal one cylinder to another when the pole is fully extended and further serve to provide a cushion to prevent damage to the cylinders when the pole is urged back into its retractable position by the elastomeric members and the venting of the pressure.

Abstract: A floor system has removable floor panels resting at their corners on support rings provided by vertically adjustable pedestal units. The upper ends of the pedestal units have hex-heads for receiving a height adjusting tool. Access to the hex-heads is obtained by removing cornercaps held in place by screws threaded into the hex-heads. The support rings do not turn while the pedestal units are being adjusted in height.

Abstract: A loading dock door seal structure wherein compressible members or pads are located adjacent the top and sides of the door to engage the rear end of a truck cargo body that is backed into loading and unloading position. The pads serve to provide a seal, however, they are spaced outwardly away from the wall of the building adjacent the door frame to leave gaps. Brackets are provided at the top and sides of the door frame and secured thereto, but extend outward and have lateral legs parallel to the building wall that serve as a mount for the seal pads. The brackets also have longitudinal legs extending perpendicular to the doorframe and outwardly therefrom in the gap between the pads and the doorframe. Flexible fabric seal strips are secured to the longitudinal legs of the bracket to close the gaps between the pads and the wall building.

Abstract: A construction system comprising a method and an article employed in said method which is used to engage the edge of adjacent membranes along the top of a beam constituting an arch in a tension membrane structure and pull the membranes toward each other by tightening alternate bolts attached to the beam and the edge of the membrane.

Abstract: A multi-storey wood frame construction system of the beam and column configuration uses engineered wood products. Standard prefabricated column components permit beam and column construction system which heretofore has usually only been possible with steel when used in multi-storey buildings. The system comprises a plurality of prefabricated column components, all having the seine height for one storey of construction, the components spaced apart and supporting laminated beams, each component having at least two laminated vertical column members extending from top to bottom of the component, the vertical column members spaced apart and joined at the top and at the bottom of the component by laminated horizontal members.

Abstract: A one piece mold glass block especially adapted for interior use which has an aesthetically pleasing appearance characterized by an enclosing wall, usually rectangular in form, within which a central panel is located at the approximate mid point of the wall. One or both of the exterior of the enclosing walls and the central panel may carry a color coating to give a variety of aesthetically pleasing color effects.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing an I.G. unit comprising at least two lites and a spandrel comprising a single lite for use in building construction, and especially for use as part of a building facing. At least one of the lites of the I.G. unit comprises a plurality of glass sections joined by at least one interposed joining member. Each I.G. unit is hermetically sealed and comprises a strength against wind load, atmospheric pressure changes, and other window stressing environmental factors which may be greater than a like sized, conventionally constructed I.G. unit. Each spandrel comprises a lite of similar appearance, construction, and strength against wind load to that of a lite for the I.G. unit whereby mechanical workings of the building between windows are concealed with lites of the spandrels providing substantially the same appearance and patterns as those provided by I.G. units on the visual areas of the building. The invention enables I.G.

Abstract: A composite panel (1) particularly suited for erecting buildings with a structural load-bearing wooden framework (4) is formed by a substantially parallelepiped body of expanded synthetic material having a standardized thickness, a modularly standardized width and a customized height, which is congruent with the design floor height of the building to be constructed. The panels have a plurality of longitudinal channels extending for the whole height of the panel. A series of channels (2,3) uniformly spaced and staggered in the sense of said width and of said thickness of the panel, are open on the adjacent face of the panel and have a T-shaped cross section. In these open channels fit T-shaped cross section wooden posts (4), the stem portion (4b) of which emerges out of said open channels and project from the surface of the panel.

Abstract: A tile for paving and floor and wall covering comprises a substantially flat body with a polygonal periphery with plural recess and different parallel sides opposite to one another. The tile is juxtaposed by fitting it together with identical tiles in a first orientation to completely cover a surface or a second orientation to define free spaces of substantially identical size and width. The orientation is selectively preestablished according to tile sides to be joined.

Abstract: A flatly shaped roof covering element (1) comprising a plurality of plastic stalks (2) being arranged approximately parallel adjacent to each other and one above the other, their upper end regions (21) being joined together by heat bonding, the stalks (2) having irregular lengths and being irregularly shaped at their free ends (22), and having a helical cross-section, wherein the roof covering element (1) comprises a layer of paper (3, 3') on both sides of the bonded upper region (21) of the stalks (2), the paper being bonded thereto, wherein the bonded upper region is not flat.

Abstract: A device for forming an expansion joint in a floor covered with ceramic tiles includes a first plastic angle floor section to be secured onto the floor and formed by a fastening leg and terminating leg, and a second plastic wall section shaped like a strip with interlocking elements on its outer side. Both sections are connected by an upper soft plastic bridge simultaneously covering the respective section segments from the top. In the lower portion of the device, there is a bridge which is a predetermined tearing bridge or support bridge bonded only on one side. The device serves for forming an expansion joint in the transition zone which connects and bridges a wall to a floor covered with ceramic tiles.

Abstract: A self-adhesive tape is presented for concealing or "finishing" joints between adjacent wallboard panels in the construction of simulated monolithic wall surfaces. The finishing tape comprises an elongate substrate having opposing first and second surfaces and terminating in opposing side edges, first and second layers of a cementitious first adhesive disposed on the first surface of the substrate adjacent each opposing side edge of the substrate and a pressure-sensitive second adhesive disposed on the first surface of the substrate generally along a central portion of the substrate.

Abstract: A truss system for supporting stage lights or other entertainment components having a strong frame for protecting the components and a vertically adjustable deck from which the components are suspended and from which the components are highly accessible. Truss systems may be connected together either collinearly or in angled configurations depending on the geometry of the venue. The deck is vertically adjustable in response to the components used and/or the geometry of the venue. Caster legs are also part of the system and they allow easy movement of the system and shock isolation of the components. The deck is cushioned against shock and vibration by interposing helical isolators between the frame and the deck. The system is easy to assemble and disassemble and does not need as much labor as previously.

Abstract: A post to foundation connection for joining a wood post to an anchor bolt embedded in a concrete foundation after the concrete has hardened. The post to foundation connection includes a foundation connector which is formed from a single sheet metal blank which provides post support on a pair of post support seat members raised above the top surface of the foundation and supported by at least four leg members. Uplift resistance is provided by attaching the foundation connector to the embedded anchor bolt by a nut and washer which bears against a base member formed in the foundation connector. Attachment to the post is provided by four post connection members integrally attached to the ends of the post support seat members.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved modular antenna pole and to a unique and novel method of joining the pre-fabricated sections which, when assembled, constitute the pole. The pole is comprised of a series of cylindrical sections of decreasing diameters having flanges so designed that the bottom flange of a next succeeding higher section, secured to the outside of the cylindrical section, mates with the top flange of the adjacent lower section, which flange is secured to the inside thereof. Consequently, the pole may be "tapered" from bottom to top in progressively smaller incremental steps rather than by tapering each successive section.

Abstract: Rotative inserting unit for documents and sheets of paper for use, in particular, with automatic equipment for the printing and the inserting of said materials into envelopes. The unit comprises a drum (14) for the feeding of the already folded sheets, rotating intermittently, on the side surface (14a) of which transport seats are formed for the paper sheets, on subsequent angular portions of the surface, as well as fixed guide means (19) inside which said surface rotates. A conveyor (21) for the envelopes is also provided for, located at the exit of an automatic distributor box (24) of the envelopes and converging towards the exit of said guide means (19) in a position substantially tangent to the surface of said drum and in correspondence with the opening of a mobile pocket (33) for the temporary collection of the envelopes.

Abstract: An improved power strapping machine comprising a strapping device and a soft touch package compression device. The strapping device includes plurality of coils for supplying strapping to a guide apparatus. A chute apparatus for routing strapping around an article or package to be strapped is connected to the guide apparatus. The machine includes sensors and a control circuit adapted to operate the machine continuously without the need to stop production, since when one coil is out of strapping or a misfeed occurs, the machine will automatically load another coil of strapping and continue strapping packages. The soft touch package compression device uses pneumatic-drive chain drive systems for moving soft belts up and down. The soft belts compress the package so that the strapping device can place a tight strap around the package.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a release package, a preform, of the release package, and a method for releasably packaging a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A plant structure having three floors with first and second open-end spinning apparatuses located on the first floor and with vertical sliver feed tubes extending from the first and second open-end spinning apparatuses respectively to the second floor for feeding a sliver through the sliver feed tube to the first open-end spinning apparatus and to the third floor for feeding sliver from a can thereof to said second open-end spinning apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sequentially applying suction and auxiliary yarn to a yarn package of a textile spinning machine. The apparatus is operable to position yarn extending from a tube during a restarting operation in which the winding the yarn is restarted after the occurrence of a break in yarn being fed from a drafting device onto a tube. The apparatus includes a support assembly which supports a suction applying device as well as an auxiliary yarn length delivery device for simultaneous lateral movement of the two devices toward a tube from which a trailing end of wound yarn is to be drawn. The apparatus also includes a control device for controlling the suction applying device to initially apply suction to the tube for predetermined length of time to thereby draw in a trailing end of wound yarn and, if a trailing end of wound yarn is not drawn in, to control the auxiliary yarn length delivery device to deliver a length of auxiliary yarn onto the tube.

Abstract: A multi-strand nylon rope having improved abrasion resistance is comprised of a plurality of strands. Each strand is comprised of a plurality of yarns wherein each yarn is formed of a predetermined number of filaments. The filaments of each yarn are twisted together to form a yarn of a predetermined size, the twist direction being opposite that of the final ply yarn direction. For a right lay rope a sufficient number of filaments are twisted together in the left or "S" direction to produce a yarn of a predetermined size. Three or more yarns prepared in this manner are then plied or twisted together in the opposite or right direction. The cover for each strand is formed of alternate yarns of standard (i.e. round) and oblong filaments, respectively, the oblong filaments having a modification ratio of three, forming a rope having increased abrasion resistance, a hand and feel that is not stiff or unmanageable and which resists strand-to-strand wet abrasion.